The four of us sent off to look for the Cave of Voices, but not before meeting Banyon first. We've kept him waiting for too long. Before we went to the jungle, we saw that the waters moles were still here, a couple on them must live here. They thanked us for the help we gave in the tunnels, even though I wasn't there. They offered some of their help to us in return, this is perfect because we could use some help for whatever lies ahead. four water moles gladly joined us on the journey, splendid! We ventured into the Dark Jungle and noticed it was raining again, no surprise. Luckily this parasol was able to support me, I wish the same could be said about the…thunder. No no no no, not this time…I can do this.
"Why do you need an umbrella Tara?", Bonnie asked.
"Uh…the…rain was distracting me the last time I was here", I lied.
"Eh I guess that makes sense", Bonnie said shrugging.
Phew! I wasn't ready to tell Bonnie what happened here, not with Milo beside me. He would freak out if he heard. Never mind that, we made our way to Banyon which spooked everyone but Kobe and I. Good thing he calmed them down, the water moles were about to attack him for a moment. I said my apologizes to Banyon and he completely understood saying the trees in the camp told him about what happened, thank goodness. He hands me the intact jar then the group and I head to the Ruins. Surprisedly when we go there, very few Armanda soldiers were in sight. Something really bad must have happened in order to be- wait…I see some. They're…broken. Arms and leg were separated from bodies, holes were in their chest plates, and their faces….there…wasn't a face at all. Gaspard was right. The sight of this is, nearly frightening. Suddenly I was picked up by…Kobe, wwwhy?
"Let's make a run for it!", Milo shouted with arm in the air.
"Yea!", the water moles shouted together.
"Wait What?! WAIT WAIT WAIT, HOLD ON WAIT!",
It's too late, they running head first to the temple without thinking about getting caught by the enemy! This is bad, really bad-!
"Halt, Intruders!", someone said to us.
Oh no, it's one of the Armanda's spotted us! Bonnie quickly shot him down and Kobe quickly pulled the lever to bring us up to the top. I sure hope the other soldiers aren't- oooh nno.
"Halt, Intruders!", said an Armanda solider in the temple.
I should not be surprise that there was going to be troops in here, I also shouldn't be surprise of some of them being in the entrance either. However, I couldn't help but facepalm by what I saw in front us. *sigh* Whatever. I asked Kobe to put me down so we could defeat them quickly. Good thing it's nines to five, let's get this over with. What the?! Mmy spells, they're not working on them!
"AAAH!", I shouted in pain by the soldier's attack.
Bonnie and Kobe got to me in time before solider made another strike. Lucky the attack wasn't that serious, just a scratch. It didn't matter because I soon used one of my least favorite spells, Jobu's Breath. What little health that thing had, I drained in an instant and took for my own. Phew that least one of my spells work on them, now let's try spells involving fire! Oh wow…that worked, look like elemental spells do more damage than spiritual. Good, I was afraid I was going to be vulnerable here. It took a while, but we managed to finish them off. They sure are tough.
"Great work everyone, we need to keep going", I said.
"Are you alright Tara?", Milo asked concerned.
"No need to worry Milo, the pain and wound is gone", I said showing him the healed cut on my arm, "Now let get going before more get here", I suggested moving forward.
Everyone followed me into huge hole on the wall, I used the light I summon in my staff to light the way. Getting closer inside, I was surprise to see much more than what the outside showed. Talk about more than meets the eye and wait minute…what is going on in here? There's some huge machine like thing digging underground, I wonder what they want here that badly. A huge amount of sounds caught my attention farther into the temple ahead, we'll think about this another time. My goodness! What a gigantic place, and what a mess it has. There's gears, parts, weapons from the Armada scatters all around the place, there's even smaller weapons, hair, and…blood…what were the Armada fighting? *BANG* Gun fire close by, looks at my questions will be answered. We went around the cross and witnessed a fight between some Armada soldiers aaannd Mmmoonnquistan?…I…don't know which questions to asked first, I'm speechless here.
"You over there!", shouted a Monquistan, "Don't just stand there, help me fight against these hallow men!"
Two of the water moles from our team gladly helped the Monquistan in their fight with the Armada soilder, they quick won with a helping hands.
"Thanks for the help you two", the Monquistan thanked them, "However, it does not look like you are part of our group. Where do you come from?"
The two water moles told them their names and where they lived as the rest of us walk up to them.
"Oh good to know our friends in the front of the island are doing alright, aaand these are…?", He asked looking at my friends and I.
We introduced ourselves then told him what species we were just to make things clear that we were not just giants.
"I see and what brings you lot here?"
"We need to bring this jar to an altar, so the curse to the Jungle can be lifted", I said kneeling to the Monquistan's height and showed him the jar.
"So that explains the mess going on in the jungle!", he said surprised, "Well then, I'll show you the way to the alter"
"Really?", I asked standing up.
"Yea I need to regroup anyway, follow me", he said moving forward.
This is great, we'll save more time now that you have a guide us through this huge place. As we continued to pass by, the place was filled with the same objects we show in entrance of this place. We quick ran into other Monquistans battling more Armadas, which we had to help fight. It seems reasonable since we're already involved thanks to the team storming in here. At least we saved some lives on the way. But…I couldn't help but wonder what business the Armada have here?